BRIGADIER GENERAL TURNER A. SIMS JR.Retired October 31, 1947, Died November 19,
1987

Turner Ashby Sims Jr., was born in 1904 at
Little Rock, Arkansas. He was appointed cadet, U.S. Military Academy August
17, 1921, and served as such to June 12, 1926 when he graduated and was
appointed Second Lieutenant, Air Services, Regular Army; accepted June
12, 1926; assigned service number 0 16 374; transferred to the Corps of
Engineers, September 28, 1926 with rank from June 12, 1926; transferred
to the Air Corps, July 3, 1928 with rank from June 12, 1926; promoted to
first lieutenant (permanent), September 17, 1931 with rank from September
1, 1931; accepted September 19, 1931; promoted to captain (permanent),
June 14, 1936 with rank from June 12, 1936; accepted June 19, 1936; promoted
to major (temporary), November 16, 1940; accepted November 18, 1940; appointed
major, Army of the United States, February 10, 1941 with rank from January
31, 1941; accepted February 13, 1941;appointed lieutenant colonel, Regular Army
(temporary), January 23, 1942 with rank from Jan. 5, 1942; accepted January
24, 1942; promoted to colonel (temporary), April 20, 1942 with rank from
March 1, 1942; accepted April 21, 1942; promoted to lieutenant colonel
(temporary), April 25, 1942 with rank from February 1, 1942; accepted April
28, 1942; promoted to major (permanent) June 12, 1943; promoted to colonel
(temporary), September 22, 1943; appointed brigadier general (temporary),
February 27, 1947 with rank from February 4, 1947; retired effective October
31, 1947 in the grade of Brigadier General.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy,
1926; Air Corps Primary Flying School, 1927; Air Corps Advanced Flying
School, Bombardment Course, 1927; Air Corps Engineering School, 1934; Air
Corps Tactical School, 1940.

He served an a student, Air Corps Primary Flying
School and later Air Corps Advanced Flying School, Brooks and Kelly fields,
Texas from June 1926 to August 1927; assistant post operations officer,
later instructor, Attack Section, Air Corps Advanced Flying Schools, Kelly
Field, Texas to August 1929; instructor, Department of Natural and Experimental
Philosophy, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, to July 1933,
student, Air Corps Engineering School, Wright Field, Ohio; assistant chief,
Propeller Unit, Aircraft Branch and later director, Propeller Unit and
later Dynamic Research and Test Laboratory Aircraft Branch, Engineering
Section, Air Corps Materiel Division, Wright Field, Ohio to June 1936,
director, Propeller Unit, Aircraft Branch and assistantchief, Experimental Engineering Sections,
Air Corps Materiel Division, Wright Field, Ohio to April 1940; student,
Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, Alabama, to June 1940; technical
executive assistant, Army Air Force Materiel Center and later deputy chief
of staff, Army Air Force Materiel Command Wright Field, Ohio to August
1944; chief of administration, Air Force Technical Service Command, Wright
Field, Ohio to July 1945; executive officer to deputy commanding general
Headquarters Air Force; executive officer to assistant secretary of war
for air, Office of the Assistant of War, Washington. D.C. to September
1947; patient, Walter Reed General Headquarters Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., to October 1, 1947; assigned Separation Point, Army Medical Center,
for record purposes only, to October 31, 1947, the effective date of his
retirement.

He has held a continuous commission since June
12, 1926 with active duty from June 12, 1926 to October 31, 1947.

Brigadier General Sims was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal for his services in positions of great responsibility in
the development of fighter aircraft to escort heavy bombers and his vital
role in the establishing and development of aircraft modifications centers.
He directed and coordinated the Developments, Procurement and Production
Aircraft Program and devised ways and means to expedite completion of the
most vital developmental projects and to maintain maximum production. He
was authorized the American Defense Service Medal; American Campaign Medal
and World War II Victory Medal.

General Sims was buried with full military
honors in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery.